Overload and reverse current relay device.



F. CONRAD. OVERLOAD AND REVERSE CURRENT RELAY D EVICE.

APPLIOATION'PILED MAY 8, 1905.

INVENTOR WITNESSES: $1 w AT ORNE F. CONRAD. V OVERLOAD AND REVERSE CURRENT RELAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1905.

.. Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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WITNESSES; I INVENTQR P. CONRAD. OVBRLOAD AND REVERSE CURRENT RELAY DEVICE.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1905.

Patented Sept. 14,1909.

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f AfTbRNEY i 35 bodied ip such UNITED sriit nsri rnnr oFFion FRANK CONRAD, OF EDGEWOOI) PARK. PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY. A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

of the circuit protective appa ratus when the direction of the drop 0 potential in the circuit becomes reversed, or when the current traversing the circuit exceeds a predetermined amount, regardless of the voltage or '20 power factor of the circuit.

v Relay devices of the encral character indicated above have usual y ei'nbodied means for producing aforee or torque approximately proportional to the product of the current,

voltage and power factor-of the circuit it was intended to protect. Such devices have operated imperfectly, because when an undue amountof current traverses a circuit, the voltage and power factor of the circuitmay drop considerably and consequently suflicient torque may not be exerted to operate the instrument and trip the circuit-breakers when it is most necessary that the circnitsbreakers be opened. Means have sometimes been -emdevices for increasing the torque in proportion to decrease in voltage, but the devices have usually been very complex instriu-ture, and, so far as I am aware, no relay device has heretofore been constructed that. was operative regardless of changes both in voltage and in power factor. Besides the usual wattmeter device for producing a torque, my invention embodies a torque-producing means that is responsive to the amount of current traversing the circuit, the two torques being normally opposed. If the current traversing the circuit exceeds a predetermined amount, the torque that is dependent upon the current alone may ex- 60 ceed that. which is dependent upon the )rodnot of current, voltage and power actor (which, as before explained, may be small on account of the decrease in voltage and power factor) by such an amount. as to effect Specification of Letters Patent.- application filed May 8, 1905.

ovERLoAD Ann REVERSE CURRENT RELAY DEVICE.

Patented-Sept. 14, 1909. Serial no. 259,388.

and a resident of 5 operation of the device and cause the circuitbreaker to'open. If, for any reason, the currentreverses its direction; that is,- if the di rection of the drop of potential. in the circuit becomes reversed,'the two torques-actin the ceeds a predetermined amount, the device will operate and cause the circuit-breaker to open.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings illustrates, diagrammatically, a three phase system embodying my invention. Fi a diagram of torque curves pertaining to my invention. Fig. 3 illdstra'tes, diagrammatically, a modified for'mlof my invention as applied to a two-phase'system. Figs. 4

and 5 illustrate, diagrammatically, other same direction, and if the total torque exmodified forms of my invention, and Fig. 6

15 another diagram of curves that pertain to my invention.

A-supply circuit, comprising conductors 1, 2 and 3, is protected by means of a ciremit-breaker 4. that is proyided with a tripping coil 5, the circuit 0 which is opened and closed by means of a switch-arm-ti that is normally maintained in'open-circuit position by means of a spring 7 and is adapted to be moved into engagement with a. contact terminal 8 by means of a movable member of a protective relay device 11, here'shown as a shaft 10' The shaft 10 is provided with conducting disks 12 and 13 that. are rotatable, respectively, between the polar faces of magnetizable cores 1 4 and 15. and 1G and 17. Portions of one or both'of the pole extremities of each of the magnetizable cores lit and15 may be provided'w'i'tlr closed circuit conductors l8, and the polar extremities oi each of the "magnetizable cores 16 and 17 may with windings 19 and 20. The magnetizable core lit is provided with a winding 21 that is connected in serieswith the winding 'l!) and with the secondary winding 22. ofa series transformer 23, the primaryviindi-ng be provided 21 of which is connected in circuit with supply conductor 1, and magnetizable core I 15 15 provided with a winding 25 that is connected in series with winding 20 and with the secondary winding 26 of a series transformer 27, the primarywinding'28 of which is connected in circuit with supply conductor 3. The-magnetiiable core 16 is provided plied with energy from the secondary wind- 1 that is,

- disks.

with windingilt) that is supplied with posed to that which is exerted upon the conducting disk 13, and unless the sum of the engaging the contact terminal 8.

energy'from the secondary winding 30 of a transformer 31, the primary winding 32 of which is connected between supply conductors 1 and 2, and the magnetizable core 17 is provided with a. winding 33 that'is suping 34 of,a transformer 35, the primary winding 36 of which is connected between supply conductors 2 and 3.

The above-mentioned windings are so connected and arranged that the torque which is exerted upon the conducting disk 12 is optorques or the difference of the torques, unless the algebraic sum of the torques exceeds a predetermined amount, the arm 6 is prevented by the spring 7 from In the practical use of my invention, it may become desirable to provide means for retarding or damping the movements of the rotatable member in order to prevent operation of an instrument in a parallel circuit to one which may have become disabled and which is protected by another instrument, and also in order to prevent sudden overloads or other momentary disturbances in the circuit from causing the circuit-breakers to open. I have accordin ly provided the shaft 10, which connects the rotatable conducting members with a damping device comprising radial vanes 37, it, 0 course, being understood that'any other suitable form of damping device may be employed.

The operation of the system. maybe understood from a consideration of the curves of Fig. 2, in which the abscissae are proportional to the amount of current traversin a circuit and the ordinates are proportiona to the torques exerted upon the conducting A curve A represents the variations in the torque due to variations in the amount of current, and it has ap roximately' the form of a parabola, since the tor ue varies approximately in proportion to t esquare ot' the current; Curve \V is that of the wattmeter device, and, for 100 per cent-power factor, it, is approximatelya straight line,

. sincethe torque of the wattmeter device is approximately proportional to the first power of the current. The two curves cross at a point a, under which conditions the two torques are exactly balanced. Now let it be ,the pole pieces that are of xerted by the wattmeter device by an amount -:il her equal to or in excess of that represented I by the length of the ordinate 038 and the switch-arm 6 will then be moved into engagement with the contact terminal 8, thereby completing the circuit of the operating magnet winding 5 and causing the circuitbreaker 4 toopen. If a current equal to that represented by the length of the abscissa 0- l0 traverses the circuit in a direction opposite to the normal direction, the torque exerted by the ammeter device will be represented by the length of ordinate 0-41 and th lal torque exerted by the wattmeter device w1 nate 0- 42. These two torques will actin the samedlrection so that the total torque will be represented by the sum of theordinates 0 4land 042 and will be equal to the torque represented by the ordinate 038. If the sum of the torques is equal to or exceeds the length of ordinate 0-38, "the switch-arm 6 will be moved into engagement with the contact terminal 8, the operating magnet wind ing 5. will be energized and the circuitbe represented by the length of the ordi-.

breaker 4 will be caused to open. It will be.

noted that the switch-arm 6 moves into engagement with the contact terminal 8 whether operated on account of an excessive .current in the su ply circuit or on account of a reversal of t c direction of the drop ,of potential, because the direction'of the torque of the wattmeter mechanism chan when the direction of the drop of potential in the circuit reverses.

In Fig. 3, I have shown my invention as apphed to a two-phase circuit and have also shown another orm .of relay device, in which the wattmeter and ammeter movements for each pairof supply conductors are combined into one device. Each device comprises a U-shaped magnetizable core 43' having-:opposing, concave polar faces 44 between which a conducting cylinder 45 is rotatably mounted, the two cylinders being rigidly connected together by means of a shaft 10, or-otherwise. Windmgs 19 and 20 surround centrally located re uced cross-section and are formed'by recesses in the pole faces, and closed circuit conductors 18 and 18 are located at the-sides of the portions 46 and respectively surround portions 47 and 47 of the polar extremities. The principal'windings 29 that'are placed upon the yokes of the cores43 are res ectively connected in series with the secon ary windings 30 and 34 of the transformers 31 and 36.

The form of instrument which I shall probably prefer to employ is a modification of the instrument forming the subject-matter of Patent No.. 794,395, and shown in Fig. 4, to which I will now refer. A U- shaped 'ma'gnetizable core 48 having pole pieces 49 is provided with a winding 50 that is located upon the yoke of the core and is supplied with current from the secondary and. the electromotive force.

winding 22 of transformer 23 that is proportional, in amount,- to the current traversingthe supply conductorl. A winding 51, which is also located upon the yokeof the magnetizable core, is connected in a closed circuitwitha winding 52' that sur-. rounds reduced portions of the pole pieces 49, which are formed by recesses cut in the pole faces. As described-in the afore-, said patent, this instrument will operate as an ammeter, and'a torque will be exerted thereby upon'the movable member 45 that will be proportional to the square of the current traversing the conductor 1. Current is also supplied tothe winding 52that is proportional in amount to the diiierence of potential existing between the supply con: ductors l and 2, this current being derived from the secondary winding of. transformer 31. According to well known principles, the torque exerted upon the movable member will then be proportional to the roduct .of the amount of current traversing the windingSO, vthe voltage impresse upon the winding 52 and the cosine of the phase angle existing between the current The torque of the instrument, when'operating as an ainnieter, should normally oppose that of the instrument when ope'rating'as a wattmeter. X

It isevident that the current derived from the secondary winding 30 of transformer the said voltage.

31 divides at the points 54 and 55, part of it traversing the winding" 52"and part the winding 51, the part which traverses the winding 52 producing a flux which cooperates, as just described, with that produced by the current traversing the winding to exert a torque upon the movable member 45 that is proportional to the amount of energy traversing the circuit. A torque is also exerted upon-the movable member -15 which is produced by the tluxes due to the currents in the Windin s 51 and 52, respectively, thatare derive from the secondary windin 30 of the transformer 31. This torque is proportional to the square of the amount of current traversing the secondary winding 30 of the transformer 31. and since this current is proportional to the voltage between the circuitconductors 1 and 2, the torque is also proportional to the square of However, as the current traversing the winding 52 that is derived from the transformer 31 is opposite in dircction to that traversing the same winding that is derived fromf 'the winding 51 acting as a secondary to the winding 50, .it does not supplement the main annneter torque but is opposed to it. Then the amount of current which may traverse the circuit when the direction of the drop of potential is normal without causing the circuil-hrealuu's -to open is in excess of that which could traverse the circuit if such a torque were not exerted. a

When the direction of the drop of potential becomeslreversed, the threetorques are added, because the two elements of current in the winding 52 then become of the same direction, and consequently less current may traverse the .circuit 'under these conditions than if this third torque were. not .exerted.

ofcurrentwhich may traverse the circuit when the direction of the dropof potential is normal without causing the breakers to open should be large as-c'ompared with the normal current, and that the circuitbreakers should be opened by only a very small amount of current when the direction of the potential drop is reversed, it is seen that this. form of instrument. will generallybc found most useful as-a protective device. vin certain cases, however,-it may be found desirable to vary these conditions of operation,

As-it is ordinarily desirable that the amount of the core of the instrument shown in Fig.- 5 with an additional winding 56 that' is connected in-series circuit with the secondary winding 30 of the transformer 31. The object of this windingis to neutralize the flux produced by that current in the winding 51 which isderived from the secondary winding-30 of the transformer 31. I

For the purpose of illustrating the effect of the winding 56 upon the operation of the instrument, I have shown curves in Fig; 6, the ordinates of which are proportional to the amount of current traversing a circuit and the abscissae of which are proportional to- -the resultanttorque ofthe instrument;

thiit is, .to the algebraic sum of the torques exerted by the instrument'when operating respectively as a wattniete? and as an ammeter. The curve A illustrates the variations in the resultant torque with the amount 'of current traversing a circuit'wlien the direction ofthe drop of potential is normal and when an instrument of the form shown in Fig. 4 is employed. Curve B illustrates the variations in the resultanttorque with the variations in the amount of current traversing a circuit when the direetion'of'the and to that end l have provided the yoke drop of potential is reversed from its normal direction and when an instrument of the form shown in Fig. 4 is employed. Curve U illustrates the variations in the resultant torque with variations in the amount of'current traversing a circuit when the direction of tliedrop of potential is normal and when an instrument of the form shown in Fig. 5.

is employed, and curve D'illustrates the variations in the resultant tions in the amount of current traversing a circuit when the direction of the drop of potential is reversed from its normal direc tion when an instrument of the form shown in Fig. his employed.

torque with varia- 3 A comparison of curve A with curve C demonstrates that if a neutralizing winding 56 is.not employed, the amount of current which may traverse a circuit when the direction of the drop of potential is normal without causing the relay device to'trip the circuit-breakers is considerably greater in amount than the current at which the circuit-breakers would be opened it the neutral: izing winding 56 were employed.

A comparison of curves B and D demonstrates the fact that the amount of current which may traverse a circuit, when the direction of drop of potential is reversed from its normal direction, without causing 'the cir-.

cuit-breakcrs to open is less when the comensating wind ng 56 is omitted than when it is employed. The reason for this is that the torque which it is sought to eliminate by means of the compensatin winding 56 opposes the main torque produced by the instrument operating as an ammeter when the direction of'the drop of potential is normal, while the three elements of torque produced by the instrument are added when 5 the direction of the drop of potential is reversed from its normal direction. If the winding 56 is employed, this torque may be eliminated, but the current which may traverse the circuit when the direction of the drop of potential is normal will be less, and

I the current which may traverse the circuit when the direction of the drop of potential is reversed from its normal direction will be greater, than if no compensating winding were employed.

\Vhile the forms of devices here shown are satisfactorily operative and may be found preferable to other constructions that may be devised, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to these specific iorms.

Iclaim as my invention:

1. The combination with a supply circuit, of a circuit-interrupting device, and a governin means for said device that is actuated liy fdrces respeetivel proportional to the amount ot'encrgy ant to the s uare of the amount of current. traversing sai circuit.

2. The combination with a supply circuit, of a circuit-interrupting device, and a governing means for said device that is actuated by tlorces respectively roportional to the product of the current, vo tageand power factor of said circuit and to tie square of the amount of current traversing the same.

3. The combination with a supply circuit, of a circuit interrupting device and a governing means for said device that is actuated by two forces, the one being dependent in value upon the amount of energy traversing the said circuit and the other being de endent in value only upon the amount 0 current traversing the circuit.

4. A device comprising a movable memher, and means for applying thereto actuat= ing forces that are respectively dependent in value upon the amounts of energy, current and volt-age pertaining to a circuit.

5. A device comprising a movable memher, and means for applying thereto actuat- 6. A device comprising a movable mem-' her, and means for applying thereto actuating forces that are respectively proportional to the amount of energy and to the square of the amount of current traversing a circuit and to the square of the voltage of the said circuit.

7. A device comprising a movable'mem her, and means for applying thereto opposing actuating forces that are respectively dependent in value upon the amounts of cnerg and current traversing a circuit.

8. A device comprising a movable memher, and means for applying thereto actuating forces that are respectively proportional to the roduct of the current, voltage and power actor of a circuit and to the square of the amount of current traversing the said circuit. A v

9. A device comprising a movable mem-, ber, and means for applymg thereto actuating forces that are respectively proportional to the amount of energy and to the square of the amount of current traversing a circuit.

10. A device comprising a movable memher and means for applying actuating forces thereto, one of which is dependent in value upon the amount of energy traversin a circuitand the other of which is depen ent in value only upon the amount of current traversing the circuit.

11. A device comprising a movable member, and means for applying thereto actuating forces that are respectively proportional to the roduct of the current, voltage and power tactor of a circuit and to the square of the amount of current traversing the said circuit, the said member being moved to a predetermined osition when the algebraic sum of the sai forces exceeds a predetermined value.'

12. A device comprising a movablememher, and means Ior applying thereto actuating forces that are respectively proportional to the amount of energy and to the square 13. A device comprisin a movable member and means fot'applymg thereto actuat- 1o. is actuated by th'algebraic sum of the wattbeing dependentgin value upon the amount I of energy which-traverses the cwcmt-and ,Ineterdevice'having a movable member that 16. The combination with a supply circuit,

of a circuit controlling device and means ing forces one of which is dependent in value upon the amount of energytraversin a cit-4.. cult and the other of wh ch is depen ent in value only upon the amount of currentmeterand ammeter torques.

15. A combination wa'ttmeter and amis' actuated by the algebraic sum of the torques exerted by said device.

for actuating-the samewhen the algebraic sum of forces exerted thereby exceeds a predeterminedfvalue, one of thesaid forces to the I Witnesses the other of which dependent -in value only upon the amount of current traversing the circuit."

17'. The combination with a supply circuit, of a circuit-controlling device, and

.means for actuating the same when the algebraic sum of forces that are respectively proportional to the amount of energy and the square. of the amount of current traversing the circuit exceeds a'predetermined value.

18. The combination with a supply circuit,- ota circuitcontrqlling device, and means for actuating the same when the algebraic sum of forces that are respectively proportional roduct of the current, voltage and power actor of the circuit and to the square t the amount of current traversing the circuit exceeds a predetermined value.

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 6th day of May, I

FRANK CONRAD.

C. AALBORG', BIRNnY Hm ES. 

